Lycoriella, FREY, 1942

Menzel, Frank, Smith, Jane E. & Chandler, Peter J., 2006, The sciarid fauna of the British Isles (Diptera: Sciaridae), including descriptions of six new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146 (1), pp. 1-147 : 107-108

LYCORIELLA ( HEMINEURINA ) INFLATA

( WINNERTZ, 1867)

Synonyms: difficilis (Grzegorzek, 1884) ; interdicta (Grzegorzek, 1884) ; nitens ( Winnertz, 1867) ; subvenosa Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1983 .

Literature: Edwards (1925a): 539 [as Sciara ]; Freeman (1983b): 30; O’Connor & Ashe (1991): 29; Menzel (1998): 22 [all as Lycoriella venosa , misidentification]; Menzel (1998): 22 [as Lycoriella inflata ].

Material examined: Aviemore , Highland Region, 1 male, 9.vi.1984, Chandler leg. ( PPWM) . Bagley , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 9.vi.1917, Hamm leg. ( BMNH, UMO) . Bagpiper’s Tump, West Wood , Herefordshire, 1 male, 10.x.1998, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Bix Bottom , Oxfordshire, 2 males, 6.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Brandon Marsh, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, West Midlands , 5 males, 6 females, 22.viii.2002, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Burnham Beeches , Buckinghamshire, 1 male, 5.vii.−20.vii.1995, Ismay leg. ( HRI) . Castle Eden Dene, Durham , 1 male, 12.ix.1989, J.H. Cole leg. ( PJCB) . Collinpark Wood , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 3.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Coombe Abbey Country Park , Coventry, Warwickshire, 1 female, 28.viii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Crawfordsburn Country Park , Down, 1 male, 2.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Epping Forest , Essex, 1 male, 28.vi.2000, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) ; 1 male, 29.vi.2000, Henshaw leg. ( PPCM) . Glyn Wood , Monmouthshire, 1 male, 9.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Goring Heath , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 20.iii.1964, Burtt leg. ( BMNH) . Greywell Fen , Hampshire, 3 males, 1 female, 29.viii.2002, Chandler leg. ( HRI) . Hobb’s Quarry , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 4.ix.2002, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Ivy Thorn Hill , Somerset, 1 male, 20.vi.2001, Gibbs leg. ( PDGB) . Jeffry Bog , North Yorkshire, 1 male, 14.vi.1997, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lackham Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 20.ix.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Lea Meadows, Newtown Linford , Leicestershire, 3 males, 2 females, 24.viii.2003, Menzel & J.E. Smith leg. ( DEI, HRI) . Littlecote Park , Wiltshire, 1 male, 25.viii.1973, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Longborough , Gloucestershire, 1 male, 8.iv.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Narborough Bog, Whetstone , Leicestershire, 1 female, 24.viii.2003, Menzel leg. ( DEI) . Newtown St. Boswell’s, Scottish Borders, 1 male, 15.vii.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Odiham Common , Hampshire, 1 male, 7.vii.1990, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Passage East , Waterford, 1 male, 13.vii.1989, J.P. & M.A. O’Connor leg. ( NMID) . Sned Wood, Lower Lye , Herefordshire, 2 males, 14.vii.2003, J.E. Smith leg. ( HRI) . Stradey Wood, Carmarthen , 3 males, 13.x.1995, McLean & Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . The Dingle , Isle of Anglesey, 1 male, 5.vii.1987, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Tomintoul , Moray, 1 male, 8.viii.−11.viii.1937, Coe leg. ( BMNH) . West End Common, Esher , Surrey, 1 male, 16.vii.2002, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . West Harling Common , Norfolk, 1 male, 1.iv.1989, Withers leg. ( PPWM) . Windsor Forest, Berkshire , 1 male, 6.ix.1986, Chandler leg. ( NMS) . Wyre Forest , Worcestershire, 1 male, 6.viii.1988, Chandler leg. ( PPCM) . Wytham Woods, Wytham , Oxfordshire, 1 male, 1 female, 21.viii.2002, Menzel leg. ( DEI) .

Ecological notes: common in broad-leaved and carr woodland; mixed woodland and conifer plantations; water meadows; reed and sedge beds; river bank; former gravel workings; grassland (incl. calcareous). iii–iv, vi–x.